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Slide repair closes stretch of Burtner Road in Harrison
A portion of Burtner Road in Harrison has closed so crews can repair a slide in the area, PennDOT said Wednesday. Burtner Road is expected to be closed to traffic around the clock between Buchanan Street and Karns Road through late October, PennDOT said. The work was planned and is...
New Kensington-Arnold students begin new school year
Most students in the New Kensington-Arnold School District returned to classes on Tuesday. The district’s kindergarten students at Martin Elementary are scheduled to start on Sept. 7. Screenings are being done by appointment only until Friday. The district had already decided on its own, before Gov. Tom Wolf’s announced mask...
Highlands superintendent testifies as hearing on principal’s demotion gets underway
A hearing on the demotion of a Highlands School District administrator got underway Monday night, with the administration publicly beginning to lay out its case for demoting former principal Samantha Perlik to kindergarten teacher. Perlik had asked for the hearing be held publicly instead of behind closed doors. The school...
Tarentum reviewing bids to tear down 3 buildings
Tarentum received bids from five contractors to tear down three vacant and abandoned residential properties in the borough. The buildings are a duplex at 243-245 W. Seventh Ave. and single-family homes at 339 W. 11th Ave. and 532 E. Third Ave. They had appeared on previous lists to be torn...
Crowds flock to New Kensington for monthly Fridays on Fifth
Throngs of people made their way to downtown New Kensington on Friday evening for the city’s second Fridays on Fifth event. Once devoid of cars and people, Fifth Avenue was closed to traffic and instead filled with people from curb-to-curb, from Ninth Street to 11th Street, and on 10th Street...
Police: West Deer woman hit man with car during argument in driveway
West Deer police say a township woman tried to drive away from a house in the township with a man on the hood of her SUV Thursday morning after hitting him with it. Police Chief Robert Loper said Pamela Wagner, 58, fled the scene of the incident in the 100...
Students return to classes in Highlands School District
The new school year started Thursday for students in the Highlands School District. While students are required to wear face masks on buses, the district has made them optional in schools. The school board stood by that decision at its most recent meeting Aug. 16. “I wish we were returning...
Attorney for demoted Highlands principal says client was targeted by superintendent
A Highlands School District principal demoted to the teacher ranks last year has requested that personnel hearings on the demotion be held in public, her attorney said. Samantha Perlik’s first hearing before the school board is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. Monday at the district administration center in Highlands...
New Kensington businesses gearing up for 2nd ‘Fridays on Fifth’
Going into the first Fridays on Fifth in New Kensington in July, Sweet Tillies baklava bakery owner Amy Johnson was worried she had made too much and wouldn’t know what to do with it. Instead, Johnson said, “Within 20 minutes, I was like, ‘Holy crap, I didn’t make enough.’” Jamie...
Treasure Hunt ticket sold in Arnold wins $43K from jackpot share
One of three winning Treasure Hunt tickets splitting a $130,000 jackpot from Wednesday’s drawing was sold in Arnold, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced Thursday. The winning ticket for just over $43,000 before withholdings was sold at the 7-Eleven store at 2033 Freeport Road. The other winning tickets were sold at a...
Lower Burrell woman ordered to stand trial on charges stemming from fiery Tarentum Bridge crash
An attorney representing a Lower Burrell woman who crashed her car in a work zone on the closed Tarentum Bridge in June tried to argue Wednesday there was no proof she was drunk at the time of the crash. Brackenridge District Judge Carolyn Bengel didn’t buy defense attorney Tom McKinley’s...
Police: Arnold man wanted on child endangerment, animal cruelty charges arrested after foot chase
An Arnold man wanted on warrants in connection with child endangerment and animal cruelty cases was arrested Tuesday morning after a foot chase that ended when he stepped on a nail, police said. Court records show Trever Lamar Cue, 27, was charged with child endangerment in April after, police said,...
Wrestling, music, food featured at Citizens Hose fundraiser in Harrison
Professional wrestling, music and food will be featured at a Citizens Hose Fire-Rescue-EMS fundraiser Saturday in Harrison. The event, featuring a show by Keystone State Wrestling Alliance, is scheduled to start with food at 1 p.m., music beginning at 2:30 p.m. and wrestling getting underway at 5 p.m. at the...
First Avenue ramps to, from Tarentum Bridge to close for paving
The First Avenue ramps onto and off of the Tarentum Bridge will be closed for much of the day Thursday, Tarentum officials announced. The ramps will be closed from early morning until late afternoon for paving at Ross Street and First Avenue at the foot of the ramps, near the...
New Kensington girl survives fall from 3rd-story window
A New Kensington girl survived a 35-to-40-foot fall from an apartment building window Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened in the 600 block of Fifth Avenue around 12:50 p.m., according to a Westmoreland County emergency dispatcher. Police said the girl, whose age was not available, fell from the top window on...
Demolition of former New Kensington Kmart to clear way for development
Several new buildings are expected to be built at the site of the former Kmart on Tarentum Bridge Road in New Kensington, a representative of the property manager said. Sam Rossi, a portfolio manager for Madison Acquisitions, said he was not yet at liberty to identify the retail tenants, of...
New Kensington man again accused of threatening people with gun
A man New Kensington police arrested in October on charges of threatening a woman with a gun was arrested Friday morning after police say he threatened a group of people with a firearm. Police charged Malachi Supreme Hayes, 23, of Kenneth Avenue, with carrying a firearm without a license and...
‘Band Blast’ returning to New Kensington’s Memorial Park
Many events were canceled last year because of the covid pandemic. The annual Band Blast at New Kensington’s Memorial Park had the distinction of being canceled not once, but twice. It’s scheduled to come roaring back this Sunday, with 11 bands scheduled to take the stage from noon to 8...
Arnold hopes to hire new code enforcement officer soon, councilwoman says
Arnold is without a code enforcement officer, but Councilwoman Deborah Vernon said Thursday that the city hopes to hire one soon. Until then, she said, “We are covering (the code officer’s duties) as best we can.” The city’s previous code enforcement officer, Scott Sanders, worked for the city for two...
Woman hurt in crash between car, pickup in Brackenridge
A woman was hurt in a crash involving a small car and pickup late Thursday morning in Brackenridge. The collision on Freeport Road at Morgan Street was reported shortly after 11:30 a.m., an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said. Brackenridge police said the woman had been driving a car along Freeport...
DelRosso hosting community health fair in Tarentum
A community health fair will be held rain or shine Saturday in Tarentum’s Riverview Memorial Park. The free event featuring businesses from the health, wellness and career fields will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is being hosted by state Rep. Carrie Lewis DelRosso, R-Oakmont. Lewis DelRosso,...
Health initiatives featured at Tarentum’s monthly Night Markets
Tarentum’s Night Market is about more than shopping, food, music and fun. It’s also about health. Groups offer health information and services at the event being held the third Thursday of each month through October, organizer Dave Rankin said. The Allegheny County Health Department, Allies for Health+Wellbeing and Duquesne University...
Police: Tarentum man punched 1 woman, pistol-whipped another during brawl involving girlfriend
A Tarentum couple is accused of assaulting a borough woman Tuesday night, and police say one of the suspects pistol-whipped another woman during the altercation. Police arrested Alfred Cook, 28, and his girlfriend Kennedy Carson, 24, in connection with the incident that happened around 8:30 p.m. in the 500 block...
AHN covid vaccine clinic canceled in New Kensington
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tribune-Review learned around noon Wednesday that this scheduled covid vaccine clinic has been canceled. No reason for the cancellation was immediately available. It was not immediately known if the clinic would be rescheduled. Original report follows: Allegheny Health Network will hold a covid vaccination clinic in New...
Harrison police charge woman with driving drunk, nearly hitting 2 while fleeing
Harrison police charged a 19-year-old woman with driving drunk, speeding through neighborhood streets and nearly hitting two people playing basketball in an alley Monday evening. Township police charged Nakeela T. Johnson, of Harrison, with a felony count of fleeing or eluding police, two misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person,...
